The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-25
WHITE PINE NEWS
Thoae Captured FIags.

There is great commotion IN the
campof the Grand Army of tho Re-
public over the recent order of the
President that all Confederate flags
captured during the rebellion should
lie turned over TO the States to which
they originally belonged. General
Fairchild, Commander-in- Chief of the
q. A. r., on the occasion OF recep-
tiou rendered him by AK. Hamilton
Post No. IS, g. A. r., used the follow
ing anathema:
May God palsy the hand that
wrote the order; may God palsy the
brain that conceived il, and may He
palsy the tongue that dictated it,
The General told of the news received
by telegraph, that the President had
approved of the return of the Rebel
flags, aud how the proposed trip OF
Cleveland to ST. Louis had been dis
cussed by the veterans. He had adj
vised the western veterans to treat the
President with the respect due him;
but now had come an order iron
which nothing could come but con-
demnation aud result In damuation.
These remarks were received with
shouts and cheers.
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th
indicates that the President has recon-
sidered the matter of the return of the
captured 1sgs, as he has sent the fol
LOVING letter to the Secretary of War.
II have to-day considered with more
care than when the order Was orally
presented TO me, tue action of your
department directing letters to De ad
dressed to the Governors of all the
States, offering to return, if desired, to
the loyal States the Union flags Cap
tufed during the war of the rebellion
by the Confederate forces and after
wards recovered by the Government
troops, and to the Confederate States
the flags captured by the Union forces.
all Of which for many years have been
packed in boxes and stored in the Gel.
lar and attic of the War Department.
I am of the opinion that the return of
the flags in the manner thus coniem-
plated is not authorized 10y the exist
lug law nor justified as an executive
act. / request, therefore, that no
further steps he taken in the matter
except 10 examine and inventory these
Asgs, and adopt proper measures fer
thsir preservation. Any direction rs
IN the full disposition of them should
o: ginaIe Will Congress. Yours truly,
e.ROvER CLEVELAND
There are .i'vers comments, pro and
col, both on The Presidents action
and General Fairchild's very intern
perate language in connection with
this matter. Now that we are a uni
It'd people-far more united and fra
rsrnal than before the WARMTH =
union and a brotherhood cemented
by that unfortunate siruggle-ws see
no reason why the return of the tro-
plies of that struggle to their former
owners should cause any alarm or in
cite any ill-feeling among the victors.
Indiyiduals-both North and South -
have years age returned one to an
other swords and other trophies that
were captured on the field. Should
the Government be less generous 7
10 the victors belong the spoiIs,' is
true, and it is their option to either
ret ain or return them. The vanquish-
ed have not asked for them. The
whole business looks TO Us like tenn
pest in q teapot. "Let Us have peace"
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